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June 12, 2014 7:56:41 PM

I live in Mid-Missouri and use Century Link... And even when my family pays for 15-20 MegaBit/ps (best we can get in my area sadly) download speeds, I'm using ethernet and im the only one on my internet... Sometimes i get downloads as slow as 300 KiloBytes/ps... (sometimes I get 2 MBps max (ever)) I think i have narrowed it down to four factors that I think might be the cause...
1. Is it that i just seem to have a bad router (I updated recently)
2. Is it just because I live in Missouri and because of that i get bad download speeds?
3. Is it the actual download that is the problem?
4. Is it my computer?

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June 12, 2014 8:08:53 PM

1. Probably not
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Maybe.

How are you testing these speeds? Go to Speedtest.net and report back here as to what you get.
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June 12, 2014 8:20:35 PM

USAFRet said:
1. Probably not
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Maybe.

How are you testing these speeds? Go to Speedtest.net and report back here as to what you get.


USAFRet said:


Is that wired or WiFi?


Wired
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June 12, 2014 8:27:56 PM

hmmm.....if you're only getting 4.5Mbps download on a 15Mbps advertised plan.....what does your ISP say?
Yes, they say 'up to X'...but it should be much, much better than that.
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June 12, 2014 8:41:11 PM

USAFRet said:
hmmm.....if you're only getting 4.5Mbps download on a 15Mbps advertised plan.....what does your ISP say?
Yes, they say 'up to X'...but it should be much, much better than that.


Ha... Century Link is a bitch with customer service... I have asked them about this NUMEROUS times and they basically say i'm SOL... My brother is playing Xbox right now but i have gotten 2 MBps download speeds while h has been playing... it has been much more recently that this has been happening... The only time i EVER get download speeds around there is on steam downloads and torrents... I was just watching a 5 min 720P video and couldnt even finish it because of the lag....
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